At the edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Employees’ perceptions of employment equity from a CIBART perspective
- Oosthuizen, Rudolf M., Mayer, Claude-Hélène
- Authors: Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. , Mayer, Claude-Hélène
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Employment Equity (EE) , Workplace perceptions , Below the workplace surface
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404422 , uj:33915 , Citation: Oosthuizen, R.M., & Mayer, C.-H. (2019). At the edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Employees’ perceptions of employment equity from a CIBART perspective. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 45(0), a1695. https://doi. org/10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1695
- Description: Abstract: Orientation: In accordance with global trends, South Africa is striving for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Discourses of employees’ employment equity (EE) perceptions within the 4IR context are studied 25 years after apartheid. Research purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand the systems psychodynamics underneath the surface of employees’ perceptions of EE in South Africa within the context of the 4IR. Motivation for the study: South African workplaces are debated nationally and urged to compete with 4IR changes on a global level. This research focuses on employees’ perceptions of EE underneath the surface and aims at understanding employees’ perceptions through the conflict, identity, boundaries, authority, roles, task (CIBART) model...
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- Authors: Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. , Mayer, Claude-Hélène
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Employment Equity (EE) , Workplace perceptions , Below the workplace surface
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404422 , uj:33915 , Citation: Oosthuizen, R.M., & Mayer, C.-H. (2019). At the edge of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Employees’ perceptions of employment equity from a CIBART perspective. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 45(0), a1695. https://doi. org/10.4102/sajip.v45i0.1695
- Description: Abstract: Orientation: In accordance with global trends, South Africa is striving for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Discourses of employees’ employment equity (EE) perceptions within the 4IR context are studied 25 years after apartheid. Research purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand the systems psychodynamics underneath the surface of employees’ perceptions of EE in South Africa within the context of the 4IR. Motivation for the study: South African workplaces are debated nationally and urged to compete with 4IR changes on a global level. This research focuses on employees’ perceptions of EE underneath the surface and aims at understanding employees’ perceptions through the conflict, identity, boundaries, authority, roles, task (CIBART) model...
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Concepts of creative leadership of women leaders in 21st century
- Mayer, Claude-Helene, Oosthuizen, Rudolf M.
- Authors: Mayer, Claude-Helene , Oosthuizen, Rudolf M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: 21st century workplace , Creative strategies , Creativity
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/436793 , uj:37904 , Citation: Mayer, C.H. & Oosthuizen, R.M. 2020. Concepts of creative leadership of women leaders in 21st century. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/cs.2020.10267 , ISSN: 2345-0479
- Description: Abstract: This article presents the subjective perspectives of women leaders working in higher education institutions in the 21st century in South Africa. It focuses in particular on creativity as demonstrated by women leaders working in culturally and gender diverse post-apartheid settings. The aim is to contribute to the discourse on the creativity of women leaders from diverse cultural backgrounds within South Africa higher education institutions by examining how women leaders experience creativity and what creativity means to them from a qualitative perspective. The study reported on assessed the experiences of creativity of 23 women leaders and their views on creativity and creative leadership by means of a research paradigm based on Wilhelm Dilthey’s modern hermeneutics. It used qualitative research methods, such as semi-structured interviews, as well as observations within one selected higher education institution. Data was analysed by means of content analysis. Quality research criteria and ethical considerations were upheld. The findings highlight the creative skills and attitudes of women leaders underlying successful leadership and the types of creative leadership applied. They suggest that women leaders’ creativity manifests in facilitating creativity in higher education institutions by fostering the creativity of others rather than directing their own creative vision through or integrating it in the work of employees.
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- Authors: Mayer, Claude-Helene , Oosthuizen, Rudolf M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: 21st century workplace , Creative strategies , Creativity
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/436793 , uj:37904 , Citation: Mayer, C.H. & Oosthuizen, R.M. 2020. Concepts of creative leadership of women leaders in 21st century. , DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/cs.2020.10267 , ISSN: 2345-0479
- Description: Abstract: This article presents the subjective perspectives of women leaders working in higher education institutions in the 21st century in South Africa. It focuses in particular on creativity as demonstrated by women leaders working in culturally and gender diverse post-apartheid settings. The aim is to contribute to the discourse on the creativity of women leaders from diverse cultural backgrounds within South Africa higher education institutions by examining how women leaders experience creativity and what creativity means to them from a qualitative perspective. The study reported on assessed the experiences of creativity of 23 women leaders and their views on creativity and creative leadership by means of a research paradigm based on Wilhelm Dilthey’s modern hermeneutics. It used qualitative research methods, such as semi-structured interviews, as well as observations within one selected higher education institution. Data was analysed by means of content analysis. Quality research criteria and ethical considerations were upheld. The findings highlight the creative skills and attitudes of women leaders underlying successful leadership and the types of creative leadership applied. They suggest that women leaders’ creativity manifests in facilitating creativity in higher education institutions by fostering the creativity of others rather than directing their own creative vision through or integrating it in the work of employees.
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How to transform positively and constructively towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution : empirical evidence from a German technology organisation operating in South Africa
- Mayer, C.H., Oosthuizen, Rudolf M.
- Authors: Mayer, C.H. , Oosthuizen, Rudolf M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Positive psychology (PP1.0; PP2.0) , Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), , Human communication
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/460814 , uj:41020 , Citation: Mayer, C.H. & Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. 2020. How to transform positively and constructively towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution : empirical evidence from a German technology organisation operating in South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: This article explores the question of how organisations can transform constructively and positively towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). It presents insights into the state of the art on 4IR, positive psychology movements PP1.0 and PP2.0 and particularly on German organisations in the 4IR within the South African context. The study uses a qualitative research approach and presents findings from a study conducted with 16 managers across top, middle and lower management levels in a German engineering organisation, based in South Africa, operating in Southern Africa. Findings, discussion, conclusions and recommendations provide insights into emerging themes on the 4IR from perspectives that take the context of discourses on the 4IR in developed and developing countries into account. Findings show the importance of five main themes when transforming into the 4IR: 1. Employee management; 2. Innovative technological and systemic change; 3. Work organisation; 4. Environment; and 5. Network and cooperation. Human communication and connectivity and a balanced human-machine interaction seem to build the core framework for constructive socio-technological change and a meaningful work environment. Thereby, a focus on the positive transformation requires working through the challenges and dark sides of the 4IR as well as a contextual and culture-specific approach to finally create a meaningful, healthy and optimal functioning work environment for the employees.
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- Authors: Mayer, C.H. , Oosthuizen, Rudolf M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Positive psychology (PP1.0; PP2.0) , Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), , Human communication
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/460814 , uj:41020 , Citation: Mayer, C.H. & Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. 2020. How to transform positively and constructively towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution : empirical evidence from a German technology organisation operating in South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: This article explores the question of how organisations can transform constructively and positively towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). It presents insights into the state of the art on 4IR, positive psychology movements PP1.0 and PP2.0 and particularly on German organisations in the 4IR within the South African context. The study uses a qualitative research approach and presents findings from a study conducted with 16 managers across top, middle and lower management levels in a German engineering organisation, based in South Africa, operating in Southern Africa. Findings, discussion, conclusions and recommendations provide insights into emerging themes on the 4IR from perspectives that take the context of discourses on the 4IR in developed and developing countries into account. Findings show the importance of five main themes when transforming into the 4IR: 1. Employee management; 2. Innovative technological and systemic change; 3. Work organisation; 4. Environment; and 5. Network and cooperation. Human communication and connectivity and a balanced human-machine interaction seem to build the core framework for constructive socio-technological change and a meaningful work environment. Thereby, a focus on the positive transformation requires working through the challenges and dark sides of the 4IR as well as a contextual and culture-specific approach to finally create a meaningful, healthy and optimal functioning work environment for the employees.
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Subjective experiences of employment equity in South African organisations
- Oosthuizen, Rudolf M., Tonelli, Louise, Mayer, Claude-Hélène
- Authors: Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. , Tonelli, Louise , Mayer, Claude-Hélène
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Affirmative action , Employment equity , Diversity management
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/401268 , uj:33526 , Citation: Oosthuizen, R.M., Tonelli, L., & Mayer, C-H. (2019). Subjective experiences of employment equity in South African organisations. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 17(0), a1074. https://doi. org/10.4102/sajhrm. v17i0.1074
- Description: Abstract: This article explores employees’ subjective experiences of employment equity (EE) within South African organisational contexts, adding diverse and in-depth insights to the post-apartheid EE discourse. Research purpose: The purpose is to hear the voices of employees of different social-cultural, racial and gender backgrounds on the experiences of EE in contemporary South African organisations. Motivation for the study: Research suggests that South African organisations are pressurised to redress past racial inequality. Understanding employees’ subjective experiences of EE adds value to the debate and provides the reader with an in-depth contemporary image of EE in post-apartheid South African organisations.
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- Authors: Oosthuizen, Rudolf M. , Tonelli, Louise , Mayer, Claude-Hélène
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Affirmative action , Employment equity , Diversity management
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/401268 , uj:33526 , Citation: Oosthuizen, R.M., Tonelli, L., & Mayer, C-H. (2019). Subjective experiences of employment equity in South African organisations. SA Journal of Human Resource Management/SA Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 17(0), a1074. https://doi. org/10.4102/sajhrm. v17i0.1074
- Description: Abstract: This article explores employees’ subjective experiences of employment equity (EE) within South African organisational contexts, adding diverse and in-depth insights to the post-apartheid EE discourse. Research purpose: The purpose is to hear the voices of employees of different social-cultural, racial and gender backgrounds on the experiences of EE in contemporary South African organisations. Motivation for the study: Research suggests that South African organisations are pressurised to redress past racial inequality. Understanding employees’ subjective experiences of EE adds value to the debate and provides the reader with an in-depth contemporary image of EE in post-apartheid South African organisations.
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